WCW Starrcade (1995)

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#REDIRECT [[WCW Starrcade '95: World Cup of Wrestling]]
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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" |<span style="color: #000000;">'''Starrcade (1995)'''</span><br>
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |Official poster, showcasing [[Kevin Borden (wrestler)|Sting]] and [[Keji <!--Michael--> Mundt-Mutoh|The Great Muta]]
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Professional Wrestling Promotion|Promotion]]'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[World Championship Wrestling]]
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Date'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |December 27, 1995
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''City'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Nashville, Tennessee]]
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Venue'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Nashville Municipal Auditorium]]
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Attendance'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |8,200
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Tagline(s)'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |''USA's Toughest Meet Japan's<br>Best In This International<br>Wrestling Showdown...''
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Pay-per-view chronology'''
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous'''<br>[[WCW World War 3 (1995)|World War 3]]
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →'''<br>[[WCW SuperBrawl 6|SuperBrawl VI]]
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[WCW Starrcade|Starrcade]] chronology'''
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous'''<br>[[WCW Starrcade (1994)|1994]]
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →'''<br>[[WCW Starrcade (1996)|1996]]
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'''Starrcade (1995): World Cup of Wrestling'''  was the thirteenth [[IWE Starrcade|Starrcade]] [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] [[Pay-Per-View|pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of NWA/WCW closed-circuit events and pay-per-view events|event]] produced by [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW). It took place on December 27, 1995 at the [[Nashville Municipal Auditorium]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. The event included a seven match tournament between wrestlers representing WCW and their [[Japan]]ese partner [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NPW)|New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] (NJPW) billed as the "World Cup of Wrestling", in which [[Kevin Borden (wrestler)|Sting]] (WCW) defeated [[<!--Bruce--> Kensuke <!--Savoy (1962 (pg 22)--> Sasaki|Kensuke Sasaki]] (NJPW) in the finals; WCW won the tournament four points to three. [[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]] defeated [[Brady <!--Nash-->Savage|Randy Savage]] in the [[Card (sports)#Main event|main event]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
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WCW closed in 2001 and all rights to their television and pay-per-view shows were bought by [[IWE]], including the [[WCW Starrcade|Starrcade]] series. In 2015, All WCW pay-per-views were made available on the IWE Network.
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==Production==
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===Background===
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From the 1960s to the 1980s, it was tradition for [[Jim Crockett Promotions]] (JCP), a member of the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA), to hold major [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] events at Thanksgiving and [[Christmas]], often at the [[Greensboro Coliseum]] in [[Greensboro]], [[North Carolina]] in the center of JCP's [[Virginia]], North and [[South Carolina]] territory. In 1983, JCP created Starrcade as their [[Card (Sports)|supercard]] to continue the Thanksgiving tradition, bringing in wrestlers from other NWA affiliates and broadcasting the show in its territory on [[Closed-Circuit Television|closed-circuit television]]. Starrcade soon became the flagship event of the year for JCP and highlighted their most important [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feuds]] and championship matches. In 1987 the show became available by nationwide [[Pay-Per-View|pay-per-view]] as were all subsequent Starrcade shows. The Starrcade tradition was continued by [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW), into which JCP was transformed after it had been sold to [[Ted Turner]] in 1988. The 1995 event was the thirteenth show to use the Starrcade name and was the second Starrcade to take place in the [[Nashville Municipal Auditorium]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]].
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===Storylines===
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The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and [[Narrative Thread|storylines]]. Wrestlers portrayed [[Heel (professional wrestling)|villains]], [[Face (professional wrestling)|heroes]], or [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Tweener|less distinguishable characters]] in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
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==Event==
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|rowspan=3|[[Sportscaster|Commentators]]
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|[[Tony Schiavone]]
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|[[Bobby Heenan]]
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|[[Dusty Semmler (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]]
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|[[Interviewer]]
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|[[Gene Okerlund]]
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|[[Ring announcer]]
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|[[David Penzer]]
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|[[Randy Anderson]]
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|Randy Eller
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|[[Nick Patrick (referee)|Nick Patrick]]
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WCW won the "World Cup of Wrestling", four points to three as [[Kevin Borden (wrestler)|Sting]] defeated [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] (NJPW) representative [[<!--Bruce--> Kensuke <!--Savoy (1962 (pg 22)--> Sasaki|Kensuke Sasaki]] in the seventh and final match of the tournament.
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At the event [[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]] also defeated [[<!--Larry--> Brent Huntley|Lex Luger]] and Sting by count-out in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triangle match]] to earn an immediate title match against [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Brady <!--Nash-->Savage|Randy Savage]] in the [[Card (Sports)#Main event|main event]]. Flair defeated Savage for the championship.
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After the main event WCW held one additional match, taping it for a later broadcast. The match saw [[WCW United States Championship|WCW United States Champion]] [[<!--Bruce--> Kensuke <!--Savoy (1962 (pg 22)--> Sasaki|Kensuke Sasaki]] wrestle against [[George <!--Steven (2007, pg. 84)---> Gross (wrestler)|The One Man Gang]]. At the end of the match the 400-plus pound One Man Gang landed a splash on Sasaki and covered him for the pinfall. While Sasaki kicked out of the pinfall, referee Randy Eller still made the three-count to give victory to the One Man Gang. After the bell rang the One Man Gang celebrated with the title belt. Moments later however, the mistake was pointed out by another official, and the match was restarted. Sasaki then pinned Gang to retain the title. Parts of the match were later shown on ''[[WCW Saturday Night]]'' but they ended after One Man Gang was declared the new champion. WCW never acknowledged that the match was restarted, choosing to recognize the One Man Gang as champion instead.
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==Results==
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|No.
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Results
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Stipulations
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|1{{small|<sup>D</sup>}}
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|[[Dallas Cage|Diamond Dallas Page]] defeated [[Ryan Sullivan (wrestler)|Dave Sullivan]]
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|[[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|Singles match]]
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|2{{small|<sup>D</sup>}}
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|[[The American Males]] ([[Jeffery <!--Mahana (2006, pg. 33)--> Bagwell|Marcus Alexander Bagwell]] and [[Bob Ridgeway<!--(2001, pg. 69)-->|Scotty Riggs]]) defeated [[The Blue Bloods]] ([[Ronnie Matthews<!--1965, P40-->|Lord Steven Regal]] and [[Bobby <!--(John) (1965, pg. 49)--> Easley|Earl Robert Eaton]])
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|3
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|[[Jushin Liger|Jushin Thunder Liger]] (with [[Sonny Onoo]] defeated [[Chris Hunter|Chris Benoit]]
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|[[Koji Kantamoto|Koji Kanemoto]] (with Sonny Onoo) defeated [[Alexander Weigand<!--(2007 pg. 81)-->|Alex Wright]]
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|5
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|[[<!--Larry--> Brent Huntley|Lex Luger]] (with Jimmy Heart) defeated [[Masahiro <!--David--> Cave-Chono|Masahiro Chono]] (with Sonny Onoo) by submission
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|6
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|[[Clarence J. Mollo<!--(1964, pg. 23)-->|Johnny B. Badd]] (with [[Kimberly Cage|The Diamond Doll]]) defeated [[Masa Saito]] (with Sonny Onoo) by disqualification
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|7
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|[[Shinjiro Otani]] (with Sonny Onoo) defeated [[Brian McAlmond|Eddy Guerrero]]
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|[[Brady <!--Nash-->Savage|Randy Savage]] defeated [[Hiroyoshi Towle-Tenzan|Hiroyoshi Tenzan]] (with Sonny Onoo)
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|Singles match
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|9
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|[[Kevin Borden (wrestler)|Sting]] defeated [[<!--Bruce--> Kensuke <!--Savoy (1962 (pg 22)--> Sasaki|Kensuke Sasaki]] (with Sonny Onoo) by submission
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|10
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|[[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]] defeated Lex Luger and Sting by countout
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|[[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triple threat match]]
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|11
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|Ric Flair (with [[Jimmy Heart]]) defeated Randy Savage (c)
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|Singles match for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]]
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|[[George <!--Steven (2007, pg. 84)---> Gross (wrestler)|One Man Gang]] defeated Kensuke Sasaki (c)
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|Singles match for the [[IWE United States Championship|WCW United States Heavyweight Championship]]
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| colspan="4" bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|{{center|(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match<br>'''D''' – indicates the match was a [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#dark match|dark match]]}}
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==References==
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{{1995 WCW pay-per-view events}}
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{{WCWPPV|Starrcade}}
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